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00:04 LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years
00:09 while Steph Curry is headed to the Games for the first time
00:12 and Kevin Durant going there with his eyes on history.
00:15 And they're just part of the star-studded roaster
00:21 the Americans have assembled for the Paris Games.
00:23 USA Basketball announced its men's Olympic team for Paris on Wednesday.
00:30 Other names on the roasters including Bam Adebayo,
00:33 Devin Booker, Joel Embid, Jason Tatum,
00:36 Anthony Davis, Drew Holliday, Tyrese Heliberton,
00:40 Anthony Edwards and Kwyle Leonard.
00:42 The group has seven players with 10 combined Olympic gold medals.
00:47 Durant has three, James has two,
00:50 while Adebayo, Booker, Holliday, Tatum and Davis each have one.
00:56 Combined the 12 players had average of 24.2 points,
01:01 seven rebounds and 5.6 assists this season,
01:05 shooting 39 percent from three-point range.
01:07 James is the league's all-time scoring leader
01:12 and Curry the all-time leader in three-pointers.
01:15 Heliberton won the assist per game title this season
01:20 and 10 were all-stars this season as well.
01:24 The Paris team will be coached by Steve Kerr and assisted by Eric Spoelstra.
01:29 It's still possible that roaster changes before the summer.
01:33 If injuries or deep runs in the NBA playoffs force players
01:37 to change their minds about committing to the national team.
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